Volume 1 Chapter 425 Nerve Knife Bremen
At the end of the seventh round of the league, Fiorentina, which had been leading the standings, suddenly stopped the winning streak in the Eternal City, and was forced to draw 3:3 by Lazio, who had slipped to the middle of the table, and had to give up the top position.
The new leader is Juventus, who have been winning, and beating Messina is already Juventus' seventh winning streak, which is just one step away from Juventus' record of eight consecutive league wins held in the 1930l season and the 19858U season, and judging by the current form and opponents in the last two rounds, Juventus is very likely to break the record.
Lazio drew Fiorentina the happiest except for Juventus, who were Milan double.
AC Milan now have 16 points after beating Cagliari, just three points less than Fiorentina, and if Fiorentina make another mistake, AC Milan will be able to level Fiorentina in points.
Inter Milan have been in the middle of the table after being beaten by Fiorentina, but after beating Livorno in sixth place 5-0 in this game, Inter Milan is nine points behind Juventus, but they are in fifth place, just one step away from the top four.
Although Lazio pulled Fiorentina from the leader's position, it did not affect Fiorentina's status and appeal in Serie A.
After the seventh round, Fiorentina were still seen as a title contender, and in a survey conducted by Sport, Fiorentina were even more vocal about winning the title than Inter Milan, and only below Juventus and AC Milan.
Roma Sport did not disparage Fiorentina when it sang the praises of Lazio's draw against Fiorentina, and the northern sports media even suggested that the draw could have been more positive than negative for Fiorentina.
Lazio had no chance of equalizing in this game, but Fiorentina had a two-goal lead but was equalized by the opponent after the most, and the reason for this result is that Fiorentina seems to be a little self-confident and despises Lazio, and this game will obviously give Fiorentina a preventive shot, so that they can be aware of themselves in the following games.
And "All Sports" is already talking about the revival of Florence at this moment.
"All Sports" believes that Fiorentina's revival began last season, this season is a season for Fiorentina to show their ambitions, judging from the plans exposed by Fiorentina, Fiorentina have great ambitions, they covet the Serie A title, and try to break the club's historical record in the Champions League, that is, to reach the quarterfinals, and judging from the performance of the season in the past two months, this is not an impossible task for Fiorentina
"All Sports" believes that there are three key figures in the revival of Florence, the first is the owner de la Valle, in this golden world, without the financial support of Della Valle, Fiorentina does not even have any hope of entering Serie A, let alone playing in such a result.
The second is Chen Yu, this is a player "picked up" by Fiorentina, he was not even a professional player when he joined Fiorentina, but now, he has become one of the best strikers in the world, and has made great contributions to Fiorentina from C to Serie A, qualifying for the Champions League, and winning the Italian Cup
If Chen Yu and De La Valle represent Fiorentina's past, then Prandelli represents the future of Fiorentina, and many fans and senior football people believe that Prandelli is the coach who can give full play to Fiorentina's strength and pinch Fiorentina into a whole.
Although he only took charge of Fiorentina in August this season, Prandelli quickly passed on his tactical philosophy to this young team, and in just over two months, Fiorentina not only played beautifully, but also won consecutive games, truly turning the Purple Lily into a mixture of calm and passion, so that the team played beautifully without being too impetuous.
Prandelli loves art, especially Italian contemporary art, likes to paint since he was a child, and has a lot of famous paintings, while Florence is a capital of art and culture, Prandelli's coaching of Fiorentina can be described as a perfect match, if Fiorentina wins the Serie A championship under Prandelli, it is not much of an upset.
Of course, getting a draw in the case of a two-goal lead has also been criticized by a lot of media, "Torino Sport" believes that Fiorentina is not strong and proud, it was originally a team with Lazio, and now the scenery is not in the eyes of Lazio after a season, and it is reasonable to be forced to draw by Lazio and lose the top spot.
"Football Football" believes that Fiorentina's pre-match preparation is a bit risky, and in the middle of the game, especially after leading by two goals, it was a little lax to give Lazio a chance to equalize, if Fiorentina can't adjust their mentality, it will not be easy to snatch the championship trophy from the old Juventus and Milan.
The criticism of Fiorentina's local "La Repubblica" was even harsher, believing that Fiorentina was lucky to get a draw, don't look at Fiorentina's dominance in this game, leading Lazio most of the away time, but in the last stage, Lazio has a chance to beat Fiorentina, and Lazio's strength this season is also in the middle of the stream, if you change a team, can Fiorentina keep its unbeaten golden body?
And now the league has just begun, Fiorentina's achievements are not results at all, even if Fiorentina played so well last season, they were eventually surpassed by Juventus and Milan, not to mention that this season's Juventus team played even better than Fiorentina, AC Milan did not heat up as slowly as last season, Fiorentina must not lose a point if they want to achieve their goals, otherwise they will find a huge gap with the big names in the final sprint stage.
Criticism and praise from the outside world have also had a great impact on Fiorentina After returning from Rome, Fiorentina has been reflecting on this game internally, although the chairman de la Valle said that Fiorentina started the season was successful, he was very satisfied, but on the other hand, he said that Fiorentina should guard against arrogance and impatience, and not be satisfied with the current results.
Coach Prandelli believes that the defeat in this game is mainly due to the lack of attention in attitude, the players pay too much attention to their own performance in the game, and ignore the overall interests of the team, and he hopes that the players will recognize the reality, recognize themselves, and strive to play the next key game against Bremen in the Champions League.
What Prandley said at the meeting was leaked to reporters, who added fuel to the story, almost explicitly suggesting that Prandley was accusing Tony of being a bit individualistic during the game.
Prandelli was indeed criticizing Tony without naming him at the team meeting, but this matter was said internally, and as soon as the reporter said it publicly, it immediately caused Tony's dissatisfaction, and Tony complained to the reporter that since he joined Fiorentina, he was making sacrifices for the team, and he was at the front to contain the opponent's striker.
Prandelli was worried that the media hype would cause conflicts between him and Tony, as well as between Tony and Chen Yu and Di Natale, so instead of responding to this, he privately approached Tony to communicate about the matter, and finally both parties reached an understanding and did not let the situation escalate.
When Fiorentina can calm down and take on the challenge of Bundesliga leaders Bremen after the turmoil has passed, it is less than two days away.
With Barcelona securing a place and Panathinaikos with little hope of qualifying, the match between Fiorentina and Bremen became the most important match in Group C, with a direct clash between them deciding the second place in Group C.
Fiorentina and Bremen both understand the importance of the game, and both teams treat their two games against their opponents as if they were two knockout legs.
Fiorentina is a team with strong air combat ability whether in Serie A or Group C, and Barcelona game, Fiorentina is completely relying on air superiority to draw the opponent, but compared with Bremen, Fiorentina's air combat advantage has become a disadvantage, because the average height of the Bremen team has reached 87 meters, and Fiorentina is only 1.82 meters, the gap of five centimeters is difficult to make up, unless Fiorentina has the same technical advantage as Barcelona, it is possible to clean up the Bundesliga leader.
Since the start of training last weekend's game, young coach Prandelli has been arranging for his players to watch Bremen's D'Bremen are a strong team, their players are tall and have a strong impact. Therefore, we must not let them do what they want, otherwise they will cause great problems for our backline
In addition to playing video footage to give his players a visual impression of their opponents, Prandelli has been emphasizing the need to reduce the number of corners and fouls on the wings during the past few days. This will prevent the team from conceding points from set-pieces.
However, although Fiorentina are not as good as Bremen in height, they have Chen Yu and Toney, and can also bring a threat to Bremen's backline in headers, Prandelli insists on fighting on the ground while not wanting to give up the aerial attack on Bremen, Prandelli believes that Bremen, due to their excellent air dominance, may ignore the defensive opponent's header attack, and this is likely to be Fiorentina's chance.
Of course, Bremen didn't win purely with a header, at Thomas. Under Schaff's six years of coaching, Bremen has a very tacit understanding this season, and has become one of the most attacking teams in Europe, according to Bild statistics, the most goals this season is the Bundesliga, in the 79 games that have ended, the total number of goals is 0, and the average number of goals per game is as high as 8, while Bremen ranks first in the Bundesliga with an average of 3 goals per game, and the average number of goals in Serie A, which ranks second, exceeds La Liga, which plays offensive football. In the La Liga games that have ended, a total of 16U goals have been scored in the games, an average of 5 goals per game, while in Serie A games, a total of 183 goals have been scored, an average of 7 goals per game.
Although the Premier League has the fewest goals per game, with only one goal per game, Chelsea has become the most attacking team in all of Europe, scoring goals, Fiorentina is second with goals, and Bremen is third with three goals per game.
For Fiorentina, the biggest problem is that they play at home, in front of hundreds of thousands of fathers and villagers, Bremen can not use defense to counterattack, can only play against the opponent, which will greatly increase the uncontrollability of the game.
Fortunately, Bremen, who have a strong attacking ability, have had their ups and downs, losing seven away to Lyon last season, setting a record for the third-worst defeat in the history of the Champions League
Prandelli believes that in order to beat this attacking team, they must score first, score more goals, and lose the morale and confidence of their opponents in order to win.
Clearly, the German team is also determined to win.
Bremen coach Thomas. Schaff played for Bremen for 17 years as a player, and his coaching career began in the Bremen amateur team, and since 99 years at the helm of Bremen, he has won many honours for Bremen, including the Bundesliga and German Cup, and the Champions League is his only regret.
In the face of such an important game, the low-key and calm Thomas. Schaaf couldn't help but confide in the media about his desire for victory.
"Fiorentina are an old team, they had a little bit of a problem three years ago, but now they are back, Fiorentina is as eager as us to play well in the Champions League, they have good strikers like Chen Yu, Tony, Di Natale, they are very difficult to deal with, but we have to win, we haven't achieved anything good in the Champions League, it's a lack for a team with a long history, I hope to be able to make up for this lack for the fans, from the situation in this group. Barcelona are the strongest and no one can threaten their qualification, so we have to beat our direct rivals.
And the president of the team, Alofs, also hopes that the team will achieve good results on the road, "In the first two games, Barcelona and Fiorentina won and drew one, we won one and lost one, Panathinaikos lost both games, this result is the best reflection of the strength of the four teams, now, the biggest favorite to qualify is Barcelona, as long as there are reasonable people will not think that they can not qualify, so the remaining one place is produced between Bremen, Fiorentina and Panathinaikos, and from the point of view of the results and strength, Our biggest opponent is Fiorentina and our game against Fiorentina will determine the fate of both teams, so we must not be careless and I hope that the players can at least remain unbeaten in Fiorentina so that we can hope to return to our home stadium. I'm sure Coach Schaaf will understand the importance of the game and make serious arrangements, and I just need to go there and cheer the team on. ”
Fiorentina have three strikers, Tony, Chen Yu and Di Natale, while Bremen also have three strikers, Krasnic, Klose and Valdés.
Klose and Krasnić are unshakable strikers, but Valdés has a special place in the Bremen squad and, like Di Natale, the young Paraguayan is always getting a chance to play, and he is almost the best substitute in the Bundesliga.
Ahead of this game, all three of Bremen's strikers challenged Chen Yu and Toney.
Valdés has just gotten his hands on the latest order of the new gold Nike urIaap11PGU sneakers, a pair of sneakers nicknamed "The Quiet Assassin" for only 19U grams and worth €0. Speaking ahead of the trip to Italy, Valdés said: "These shoes bring me good luck, I ordered them last week and I'm pretty sure I'm going to score in the game. In my hometown, my family will be sitting on the TV to give me the best wishes, this is my chance to show them what I can do, Milo and Ivan are really good, but they both need to rest, that's my chance to contribute to the team, and I hope I can play in this game. ”
German golden-headed Klose is actually a Pole, in addition to his excellent headers, he also has good foot skills, he can not only attack but also organize, in Bremen, Klose's role is similar to Chen Yu, he can assist teammates in the front, and help the midfielder in the back, and there are a lot of goals, if Klose and Chen Yu are worse, that is, Klose's speed is not as fast as Chen Yu, and the explosiveness is not as good as Chen Yu, so the same action, made by Chen Yu, is simply elusive, shocking, Klose, on the other hand, is a little bit worse.
is about to challenge Fiorentina, and Chen Yu to do a face-to-face competition, Klose is also looking forward to and empty-hearted, before the game he also said: "This is an opportunity, I can finally compete with one of the best strikers in the world, Chen Yu is the best striker I have ever seen, better than Ronaldo, because Ronaldo can't head the ball, and Chen Yu's header is very good, not even worse than me, I hope I can score in this game, and Chen Yu is better defended by Nadol and others." ”
German golden-headed Klose is actually a Pole, in addition to his excellent headers, he also has good foot skills, he can not only attack but also organize, in Bremen, Klose's role is similar to Chen Yu, he can assist teammates in the front, and help the midfielder in the back, and there are a lot of goals, if Klose and Chen Yu are worse, that is, Klose's speed is not as fast as Chen Yu, and the explosiveness is not as good as Chen Yu, so the same action, made by Chen Yu, is simply elusive, shocking, Klose, on the other hand, is a little bit worse.
is about to challenge Fiorentina, and Chen Yu to do a face-to-face competition, Klose is also looking forward to and empty-hearted, before the game he also said: "This is an opportunity, I can finally compete with one of the best strikers in the world, Chen Yu is the best striker I have ever seen, better than Ronaldo, because Ronaldo can't head the ball, and Chen Yu's header is very good, not even worse than me, I hope I can score in this game, and Chen Yu is better defended by Nadol and others." ”